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Supramolecular Isomerism in a Cadmium Bis(<i>N</i>âHydroxyethyl, <i>N</i>âisopropyldithiocarbamate) Compound: Physiochemical Characterization of Ball (<i>n</i> = 2) and Chain (<i>n</i> = â) Forms of {Cd[S<sub>2</sub>CN(iPr)CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>OH]<sub>2</sub>·solvent}<sub><i>n</i></sub>
Needles of [{CdÂ[S<sub>2</sub>CNÂ(iPr)ÂCH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>OH]<sub>2</sub>}<sub>3</sub>·MeCN]<sub>â</sub> (<b>2</b>) were harvested from
a dry acetonitrile solution of CdÂ[S<sub>2</sub>CNÂ(iPr)ÂCH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>OH]<sub>2</sub> after one
or two days and proved to be a coordination polymer in which all dithiocarbamate
ligands are ÎŒ<sub>2</sub>,Îș<sup>2</sup>-tridentate, bridging
two cadmium atoms and simultaneously chelating one of these. If the
same solution was allowed to stand for at least several days, <b>2</b> is replaced by blocks comprising a supramolecular isomer
of <b>2</b>, dimeric <b>1</b>, with formula {CdÂ[S<sub>2</sub>CNÂ(iPr)ÂCH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>OH]<sub>2</sub>}<sub>2</sub>·2H<sub>2</sub>O·2MeCN, and two ligands coordinating ÎŒ<sub>2</sub>,Îș<sup>2</sup> as in <b>2</b> and the other two
purely Îș<sup>2</sup>-chelating. The time dependency correlates
with the pivotal role of water in driving the conversion of âchainâ <b>2</b> to âballâ <b>1</b>; crystals of <b>2</b> could not be isolated from âwetâ acetonitrile.
When each of <b>1</b> and <b>2</b> are dissolved in solution,
they exhibit comparable spectroscopic attributes (<sup>1</sup>H, <sup>13</sup>C, and <sup>113</sup>Cd NMR and UV/vis), indicating the solution
structures are the same. Both <b>1</b> and <b>2</b> are
luminescent in the solid state with <b>1</b> being significantly
brighter than <b>2</b>. Greenockite CdS nanoparticles are generated
by the thermal decomposition of both <b>1</b> and <b>2</b>